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Iran in ‘advanced stages’ of plots to kill U.S. officials abroad, memo warns
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Jay Clayton, the top U.S. intelligence official, said in the memo that Iran has “substantially increased” efforts to target Americans.
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Iran warned that U.S. political assets and infrastructure in countries involved could be considered legitimate targets if renewed large-scale fighting kills Iranian officials or civilians. The conditional threat comes amid heightened Tehran-Washington tensions, with Iran describing U.S.
U.S. intelligence finds Iran has "substantially increased" its efforts to target American diplomats and officials in the Middle East and beyond, with lethal plots reaching "advanced stages," according to an Oct. 23 memo to Secretary of Marco Rubio obtained by Axios. Why it matters: U.S.
U.S. intelligence has warned that Iranian plots to kill Americans abroad have reached “advanced stages,” as Washington reduces diplomatic staffing across the Middle East amid mounting threats and the prospect of renewed military strikes against Tehran.
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned in a memo to Secretary of State Rubio that Iran has "substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel," and the plots have "reached advanced stages."
Iranian plots to target and kill U.S. officials in the Middle East have "substantially increased," according to a declassified intelligence memo dated Friday, with these efforts reportedly reaching "advanced stages.
US agencies assess that the threat against Americans in the Middle East and several other countries is at the highest level since the start of the war in February, officials said.
Iran has increased efforts to target U.S. personnel in the Middle East and other countries, according to a memo sent by the Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday.
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a memo Friday that Iran has “substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel” as the State Department pulls staff from Middle East posts.
The United States has placed its personnel across the Middle East on heightened alert and begun reducing staffing at embassies and consulates after intelligence indicated that Iran is in the advanced stages of planning attacks against Americans, U.S. officials said on Friday.
US intelligence chief Jay Clayton warned that Iranian plots against Americans abroad have reached advanced stages as Washington reduces staffing at four Middle East embassies and Trump faces questions about possible renewed strikes on Iran.
By Humeyra Pamuk and Enas Alashray Oct 24 (Reuters) - Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, and lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached "advanced stages", a senior intelligence official in the Trump administration warned in a memo seen by Reuters.
The threat against Americans in the Middle East and several other countries is at the highest level since the start of the war in February, US officials said.
The head of U.S. intelligence warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday that Iranian plans to target and kill U.S. citizens abroad have reached “advanced stages.” Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton sent a memo alerting that “lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S.
(JNS) The Iranian regime has increased efforts to target U.S. officials in the Middle East and elsewhere, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said in an unclassified memo sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday and obtained by Axios.
